Fishing-reel.



FA. E.- HORN.

'FISHING REEL.

- APPLl'c'AnoN FILED oc4 11. 19144 'Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

srATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FLOYD E. HoEN, or PHILLIPSBUEG, NEW JERSEY.

FISHING-REEL..

Tooll whomJ it may concern Be it known that' I, FLOYD E. HonN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phillipsburg, inthe county of Warren and State of New Jersey, have invented new' and useful Improvements in F ishing-Reels, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates .to fishing ree-ls, the general object of the present invention being to provide an attachment for a reel of the 'class described which Will prevent the breaking of the fishing line when an unusually heavy fish is caught by the hook and Vmakes an effort to carryl the line away, the invention operating to permit the reel to unwind and pay out the line while' the reel winding handle is held stationary, the de- .vice also acting as a brake or drag to'resist the unreeling of the line.

' designates a reel which in With theabove and other objects vieW,

the invention consists in the novel construc' tion, combination and arrangement of parts,-

as herein described, illustrated vand claimed. i In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is la' side elevation of a fishing reel havingv the present invention applied thereto. Fig.

2 is a diametrical section through the same taken centrally ofthe actuating gears. Fig. 3 is a detail vieW of the brake or spring. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the crank shaft.

Referring tothe drawings A generally the main involves theordinary construction, `1 designating the frame of the reel, 2 the reel proper, 3 the reel Ashaft-,4 the pinion on the end of said shaft, .5 the spur gear which drives the pinion 4 and Winds the reel and 6 the gear case in which the gears and 5 are mounted and the present invention, the gear Wheel 5 is mounted upon a crank shaft 7 which is journaled in a sleeve extension S of'-'tlie'gear case 6, said shaft f7 being formed jiist beyond the sleeve bearing 8 with a squared. shoulder 9 and beyond the shoulder In carrying out l94 the crank shaft 7 is provided With a rei duced and threaded end portion 10 on which 'shaped spring or lSpecification of Letters Patent.

the crank shaft 7 so as to engage thesquared .l Patented NoV.2,19-15. Application led October 17,1914. Serial Net-867,190. i 'l shoulder 9 thereof and turn Withthe crank shaft. The member -16 is d ished and only the marginal portion '18thereof bears frictionally-against the innerV face of the crank v 11 the central portion of Which is of diskshape as shown at 19 the same being Aof equal size or slightly larger than the diam- 4eter of the spring or brake 16. The tension of the spring 16 and its braking effect may be increased 'or diminished and regulated to a nicety in accordance With the Work to be performed by adjusting the nut 14 which therefore becomes a tensioning device. When the nut 14 has been adjusted as de sii'ed, the adjustment maybe fixed and maintained by means of the jam nut 15.

' From the foregoing description raken in connection with the accompanying drawings it Will now be seen that the reel may be Wound in the ordinary manner by operating the crank 11. Should the fishjerk the line with sufficient force to endanger `the line, instead of the line breaking, the reel Will unwind under the pulling action onvtheV line while the operating crank 11 is still held by the operator, thel friction brake or springv 16 admitting of such backward movement of the reel. It also serves to keep the line un der tension and assistsin that Way in catching the fish. It will also be observed that the invention may be applied to any reel now on the market bymerely altering the crank shaft to receive the member 16 and employing a crank of the kind above Vdescribed and tensioning nut so as to obtain the advantages above referred to.

' What I claim is:-

rlhe combination with the crank shaft of.

a fishing reel, of 'a crank mounted loosely on said shaft, a combined disk-shaped friction brake I'nd spring mounted to rotate with said shaft and embodying a dished and resilient central body portion the rim onlyof whichbears friction'ally against the adjacent side of the operating crank, and means 7 for adjusting the tension of said spring.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence oftwo Witnesses. I

FLOYD E. HORN;

Vitnesses CHAs. B. BRUNNER, F. M. HOWARD. 

